Dr. Harshvardhan

Professor

E-mail: harshvar@purdue.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D.- State University of NY, Stony Brook.

Research Interests

Radiative Transfer, Clouds and Aerosol, Remote Sensing, Climate

Teaching Interests

Atmospheric Physics, Atmospheric Radiation, Climate Forcing, Introduction to Atmospheric Science

EAS 197 Freshman Honors - Special Assignment

EAS 532 Atms Physics I

EAS 630 Atms Remote Sensing

Awards and Honors

  • 1999 Fellow, American Meteorological Society.

  • 1993 Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society.

  • 1977 National Research Council Resident Research Associate

Professional Experience

  • 1996-2004 Head, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1994-2004 Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1988-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.

  • 1978-1988 University Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

  • 1977-1978 Resident Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

Selected Publications

  • Harshvardhan , G. Guo, R.N. Green, Z. Qu, and T.Y. Nakajima., 2004. Remotely sensed microphysical and thermodynamic properties of non-uniform water cloud fields, J. Atmos. Sci. , 61 , 2574-2587.

  • Schwartz, S.E., Harshvardhan, and C. M. Benkovitz, 2002. Influence of anthropogenic aerosol on cloud optical depth and albedo shown by satellite measurements and chemical transport modeling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. , 99 , 1784-1789.

  • Harshvardhan , S.E. Schwartz, C.M. Benkovitz, and G. Guo, 2002: Aerosol influence on cloud microphysics examined by satellite measurements and chemical transport modeling. J. Atmos. Sci. , 59 , 714-725.

  • Batey, M., Harshvardhan , and Green, R., 2000: Geometrically effective cloud fraction for solar radiation. Atmos. Res. , 55 , 115-129.

  • Harshvardhan , W. Ridgway, V. Ramaswamy, S.M. Freidenreich, and M. Batey, 1998: Spectral Characteristics of solar near-infrared absorption in cloudy atmospheres. J. Geophys. Res. , 103 , 28,793-28,799.

  • Laird, J.L., and Harshvardhan , 1997: Analysis of cumulus solar irradiance reflectance (CSIR) events. Atmos. Res. , 44 , 317-332.

  • Espinoza, R.C., Jr., and Harshvardhan, 1996: Parameterization of solar near-infrared radiative properties of cloud layers. J. Atmos. Sci. , 53 , 1559-1568.